OpenTelemetry vs Micrometer: Here's How to Decide
In a distributed system, things break in unexpected ways. That’s why observability isn’t optional—it’s how you understand what’s going on under the hood. If you’re comparing tools to instrument your services, OpenTelemetry and Micrometer are two names you’ll run into. Both are used to collect metrics, but they take very different approaches—especially when it comes to flexibility, vendor support, and what you can do with the data.
